Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-15

jority was for whisky. Those wet cour :
ties are now the rendezvous of the
rogues. rufians and gamblers that al.
ways keep near assaloon. Where local
option is the plan it becomes necessary
for every county to Danish the saloon In
self defense, or be over q by the bssss
OF other communities.
Now why ia this difference? Why do
southern saloon keepers take the whip
ping quietly, AMI close their bars honor
ably on .she eighth day alter election,
while northern one defy the law, con.
tinue their illegal sale, and murder the
supporters Of the law, us wss done in
Sioux City, and attempted in Yankton ?
| am not able to And any other reason
than that there in here greater regard
for law, than at home. These people
are Americans, largely southerners: there
are few foreigners among them, and no
anarchists. The police, the sheriffs, the
justices, the judges and the jurors are
American citlzsns-not foreigners. When
q difficult case is in their hands they
don't stop to see how their action is
going to be received by s'the foreign
vote" and the chance OF being beaten Of
next election by the ''foreign element
don't prevent them from doing their
duty. When q city or county election
Is to come Oft they do not find il neces-
ssry to honor each European govern
ment by q place on tie ticket, or else
get beaten. Hence a native born Amer.
can feels at home here-even among old
rebel soldiers and silly young admirers
OF JEFF Davis. He feels that even be-
tween them and HIM there is a stronger
tie OF affinity than the fimsy one based
on a fresh immigrants first papers,"
Orlando has had just SIX weeks of pro-
hibitlon. See how it works. The old
drinking places are quiet as the grave;
the side walks in front are no longer OBJ
structed by rude gangs of ~loafers; the
mayor, who held court every day before
October first, and had a regular series of
DRINKS and tights to settle, had to open
his court only three times since in the
first three ar four weeka; there has not
been q single arrest for
drunkenness since October began
and until this week there was not en-
arrest for selling liquor. 1 hear that one
negro has just been caught at 1t, and
placed under bonds for next term OF
court. The drinkers and loafers cannot
now waste their money in drink, and are
eble to pay their dues to all legitimate
branches of business which they patron.
ize. These are some of the outward
fruits, imagine the changed feelings OF
wives and children and parents In the
domestic circlel
Besides this, there used to be O steady
stream OF cash and drafts flowing from
these banks to certain northern whole
sale liquor houses. That stream, like
this country, has gone dry, and we hope
it may flow no more forever. Some hard
feeling is caused among the owners oil
large orspge-wine factories here, who
are caught with thousands of gallons o.
the fiery stuF on hand. They dare moi
sell a gallon here, bat the law allo WI
them still to make it ond ship it TO othel
states.
Before election the enemies OF prohi.
bition p%rophesisd general ruin as q re-
suit. But with prohibition came the
yellow fever panic, p%aralyzing business
for a while, mi adding to the eres'
dullness of the town, But it 10 perfect
ly evident that had the Tampa oalami
ty not occurred. the business interests Q
the county would have been improve,
IN October; and that the shutting up c
all the saloons has not driven ava.
trade, lowered real estate or kept ava
northern people. From ell my exper
ence here thus far, I can truly say i
conclusion; that / like to live in a DIR
town, whose population is composed {
my countrymen. A. w, BARBER.